Checheng
An Old Logging Town Reborn
Surrounded by mountains, Checheng is located in Nantou, Taiwan’s only landlocked county. As the terminus of Taiwan Railway’s Jiji Branch Line, the town is also known as “the end of the line,” but it isn’t in fact all that remote. When the sugar, logging and power-generation industries flourish......
Street Porticos and the Shops Behind Them
The Evolution of Taiwan’s Shophouses
Proprietors cart load after load of goods into their shops, while out-of-towners stroll about at their leisure, tracing out a timeless scene in the oldest urban neighborhoods throughout Taiwan. The shophouses that remind us so much of the olden days when these neighborhoods were first built ar......
Memories of Zhudong’s Past
From Traditional Market to High-Tech Hub
When the name of Hsinchu County’s Zhudong Township is mentioned, the first thing many people think of is the delicious Hakka rice-based foods sold in its Zhongyang Market. However, Zhudong is not just some unsophisticated agricultural settlement, but was the starting point of Taiwan’s high-tec......
Storehouse of Memories
Xincheng Township, Hualien
Everyone knows the historic mining town of Jiufen in New Taipei City, but do you know what place the name “the Jiufen of Hualien” refers to? Xincheng Township was once a goldrush town that attracted many prospectors, but it was sidelined by the decline of the mining industry and the rerouting ......
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